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Native Plants Liatris - Ruellia

Reference Page – This page is intended to serve as a reference page, an opportunity to learn a bit about some of the more common plants native to the state of Ohio. They are alphabetized by scientific names starting with Liatris spicata, Blazing Star through Ruellia humilis - Wild Petunia . We don’t necessarily raise all of these species each season. See our Inventory Page for availability.
Liatris spicata, Blazing Star, a gardens full of tall purple spiky flowers. By Jim Wohl.
Liatris spicata
Blazing Star
Ludwigia alternifolia a close up picture of a yellow flower with three large petals, one petal is missing.
Ludwigia alternifolia
Seedbox
Spiky red flowers of Lobelia Cardinalis  next to a white house
Lobelia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower
Seven tiny sky blue flowers that hang down from the stem that they look like little bells.
Mertensia virginica
Virgina Bluebells
Lobelia Alba, White Cardinal Flower, ,white flowers on the left, red Cardinal Flowers in the right.
Lobelia alba
White Cardinal
Mimulus ringens , Monkey flower a close up view of a lavender flower with yellow center.
Mimulus ringens
Monkey Flower
Lobelia siphilitica, Great Blue Lobelia, close up of 20 or so pale blue flowers.
Lobelia siphilitica
Great Blue Lobelia
Monarda didyma, Scarlet Bee Balm, three bright red flower that are: fancy, frilly with pointy edges.
Monarda didyma
Scarlet Beebalm
Two large Swallowtail Butterflies that are yellow and black are resting on Wild Bergamot flowers. These flowers are pale lavender, have frilly edges.
Monarda fistulosa
Wild Bergamot
The flowers on Oenothera pilosella, Prairie Sundrops are bright yellow with round edges. Looking at them make one very happy!
Oenothera pilosella
Prairie Sundrops
Bright yellow flower of Opuntia humifusa, Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus is the only native cactus in Ohio
Opuntia humifusa
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Packera aurea these early spring flowers have very thin petals that look like small yellow bicycle wheels.
Packera aurea
Golden Ragwort
Parthenuium integrifolium's flowers are white and look like a small cluster of popcorn kernels.
Parthenuium integrifolium
Wild Quinine
Penstemon digitalis, Foxglove beardtongue fifty or so white little flowers that look a bit like little white horns.
Penstemon digitalis
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus, three light pink flowers with white end that are the shape of Bugles Corn Chips.
Penstemon hirsutus
Hairy Beardtongue
Phlox pilosa the leaves on this native phlox are thin and pointy on the ends. The flowers look like pink pinwheels with a dark pink center.
Phlox pilosa
Prairie Phlox
Physostegia virginiana a huge bumblebee with his back to the camera is feeding on the pink flowers whose pink color looks like it was bleached by the sun.
Physostegia virginiana
Obedient Plant
One green Podophyllum peltatum plant that looks like a stylish green umbrella.
Podophyllum peltatum
Mayapples
Poloygonatum canaliculatum a native woodland plant that has 20 or so little white lanterns dangling from the leaves, which are actually flowers.
Poloygonatum canaliculatum
Solomon's Seal
close-up picture of Pycncanthemum incanum flower which looks like a bouquet of tiny pink buds.
Pycncanthemum incanum
Hoary Mt. Mint
Fifty or so Pycananthemum tenuifolium flowers that are white and the size of a dime.
Pycananthemum tenuifolium
Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint
Two yellow coneflowers that are Ratibida pinnata, it has long slender droopy yellow leaves contrasted against a black background.
Ratibida pinnata
Yellow Coneflower
Close-up picture of  a Rudbeckia laciniata flower whose petals are bright yellow and at least 2 inch long.
Rudbeckia laciniata
Cutleaf Coneflower
what looks like a seas full of yellow flowers with dark brown centers are Rudbeckia triloba , Brown Eyed Susan's.
Rudbeckia triloba
Brown Eyed Susan
Ruellia humilis has light pinkish purple flowers with 5 petals and a dark purple center.
Ruellia humilis
Wild Petunia
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